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Photos by Micah Green Forsyth County News
Lambert rising junior pitcher and infielder Kassidy Krupit can’t stay from softball — and doesn’t want to. “Hopefully I'll get into college coaching,” Krupit
said. “I think I'd really love that. Whatever it takes to stay around the sport as long as possible. | just can't get enough of it
Krupit knows her ver
satility is what makes her
a wanted player, so when
she heard Delaware need
ed versatility she knew
that committing was in
the books. Now she’s
spending the summer
traveling with the East
Cobb Bullets, a national
club team with dozens of
prospects, and will still
run into coaches from
other programs who
aren’t quite ready to give
up on her.
To actually be such a
sought out player is
something Krupit isn’t
surprised about. She’s
been working toward it
since middle school.
“It’s kind of scary
being so young and hav
ing to talk to college
coaches,” Krupit said.
“But you get used it, you
really have to learn how
to market yourself and it
makes you a better per
son. It gives you a lot of
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name the entire list of
Division I schools that
have recruited her since
the seventh grade. She
may not be 6-foot-1 like
the top prospects in the
nation—or even Forsyth
County—but she’s
undoubtedly a wanted
player.
As a sophomore Krupit
committed to play at
Delaware, setting aside
offers from a hand full of
SEC schools, mid-majors
and even Stanford. After
an intense and relentless
recruiting process she
picked Delaware for the
opportunity to attend the
top physical therapy pro
gram in the country. The
Blue Hens also want
Krupit to be a Swiss army
knife—to pitch, hit and
field.
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Krupit has hit .462 with a .529 on-base percentage through two seasons of
varsity softball at Lambert.
Masters champ Danny Willett
takes on 2nd leg of Grand Slam
which is winning all four
majors in one year. His
hopes ended when he
missed the playoff at the
British Open by one shot.
Your turn, Danny.
“I mean, what Jordan
did last year was awe
some,” Willett said
Tuesday. “You look at the
strength of the field and it
would be fantastic to even
be somewhere thereabouts
come Sunday. We're just
going to have to play golf
and see what happens.
Hopefully, we can be
somewhere there and get a
little bit of a feeling for it.”
Spieth had a slight
By Doug Ferguson
The Associated Press
OAKMONT, Pa. —
More than five decades of
history is enough to
remind Masters champion
Danny Willett that win
ning the calendar Grand
Slam is unlikely. He only
needs to look back one
year to at least think about
the possibilities.
Jordan Spieth followed
up his Masters victory a
year ago by winning the
U.S. Open at Chambers
Bay, making him only the
fourth player since 1960
to get halfway to the slam,
time,” Krupit said.
With Lambert, Krupit
will be a junior but also a
leader of the team. In
high school alone she has
compiled an impressive
.462 batting average and
a .529 on base percent
age. She’s a two-time all
state selection and holds
the Lambert record for
doubles hit in a season—
she set it as a freshman.
On the mound, she
mixes up three or four
skills. I think I'm more
talkative and comfortable
around people now
because of it.”
With the Bullets,
Krupit travels from state
to state over the summer.
In the coming weeks
she’ll head to Colorado,
California and New York
for showcases and to
compete against the best
young players in the
country.
To be prepared for so
much competition Krupit
puts herself through an
unstoppable schedule. On
weekends she has tourna
ments, so aside from trav
eling she spends every
week day either pitching,
hitting, or even going to
do Cross Fit to stay in
shape. Once she gets
around to the travel por
tion there’s usually a bit
of a reward.
“I know the travel ball
is a business trip, but we
have a blast in our free
advantage last year being
at Chambers Bay, where
he tried to qualify for the
U.S. Amateur and where
his caddie, Michael
Greller, used to work in
the summers when he
wasn't teaching math.
Oakmont is entirely dif
ferent, a course that is
demanding from tee-to
green with the thickest
rough of the year, deep
bunkers and the reputa
tion for the fastest greens
in golf. Willett referred to
it as “great fun,” mainly
because of the different
options to play various
holes.
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pitches. She can go into a
game deciding which
pitch combinations she
wants to throw because
she actually has seven.
But she boasts most about
her changeup.
“I learned it when I was
just 7 years old,” Krupit
said. “It’s about 38 miles
per hour right now while
everything else is the
mid-605.”
It’s clear that Krupit’s
commitment to softball
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has been consistent since
her childhood, so it begs
the question: How long
will it last?
She hopes as long as
possible.
“I’ll be going to school
for physical therapy but
hopefully I'll get into col
lege coaching. I think I'd
really love that,” Krupit
said. “Whatever it takes
to stay around the sport as
long as possible. I just
can’t get enough of it.”